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1 INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR FEMINIST ECONOMICS 23rd IAFFE Annual Conference Women’s Economic Empowerment and the New Global Development Agenda University of Ghana Legon, Ghana June 27-29th, 2014 A Special Thank You to Our Sponsors We are very grateful for the support of these and other institutions, organizations and individuals that make our work possible Friedrich-•Ebert-•Stiftung (FES) - Berlin (Germany) * Friedrich-•Ebert-•Stiftung (FES) – Ghana * The Ford Foundation * Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation * Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research (ISSER) * University of Ghana, Department of Economics * University of Ghana, Centre for Gender Studies and Advocacy (CEGENSA) * University of Ghana * IAFFE is also grateful for the continued support of the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Department of Economics, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics 2 Our sincere appreciation goes out to the individuals that have worked so diligently to make this conference a success Abena Oduro, Dzodzi Tsikata, On-Site Coordinators Ashley van Waes, IAFFE Conference Coordinator and Journal Staff, Melisa Sanchez, Christine Cox, Polly Morrice, and Anne Dayton The conference events, unless otherwise noted, are located in the following building: Legon Center for International Affairs and Diplomacy FRIDAY, JUNE 27th 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration Foyer 8:00 – 10:00 am Committee Meetings (rooms not assigned) 10:15 am – 12:15 pm Welcome and Opening Plenary Great Hall Women's Rights Movement and Women’s Empowerment in Ghana Abena Busia, Professor and Chair, Women’s and Gender Studies Department, Rutgers University Nana Oye Lithur, Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection, Ghana Ernest Aryeetey, Vice Chancellor, University of Ghana Yana Rodgers, Outgoing President of IAFFE 3 12:30 – 1:45 pm Lunch sponsored by FES Ghana Cafeteria 2:00 – 3:40 pm Concurrent Sessions 1 Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) – Ghana Panel Women in the Informal Economy – Avoiding the Poverty Trap and Enhancing Growth Potential! Training Room 1 (Ground Floor) Welcome Address: IAFFE Representative Daniela Kuzu, Resident Director, FES Ghana Women in the Urban Informal Economy in Ghana – Preliminary Results of a Nationwide Study Eben Anuwa-Amarh, Consultant Women in the Informal Sector – Experiences from Other Countries Moderation: Deborah Anaman, General Secretary, Council for Informal Workers Association Ghana Innovative Strategies for Increasing Food Security and Reducing Poverty Training Room 2 (Basement) Poverty, Trade and Women’s Economic Empowerment: The Experiences of Ghanaian Women in Cross-Border Trading Charlotte Wrigley-Asante A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Women’s Wellbeing in the Democratic Republic of Congo Malokele Nanivazo, Kristi Mahrt Women: A Force to End Hunger and Poverty Ann Nielsen-Yen 4 A Policy Agenda for Food Security If Gender Mattered: Framing Food Security in Post 2015 Development Agenda and SDGs Sakiko Fukuda-Parr Roundtable: Globalization, Gender and Development at the Crossroads Lecture Hall 2 (First Floor) Chair: Lourdes Beneria Counting Time: Making Women’s Work Visible and the Challenges Ahead Maria Floro Towards Feminist Ecological New Developmentalism: A Conversation on Ends and Means Gunseli Berik Comparing Crises: South and North Lourdes Beneria Critical Aspects of Care Labor Lecture Hall 1 (First Floor) Underage House Maids and the Problems of Educating Them in the South-Western Part of Nigeria Afolabi Monsurat Paid Work and Unpaid Caring Over the Long Haul: Gendered and Evolving Trajectories Fiona Carmichael, Marco Ercolani Gender Essentialism at Work? Mette Løvgren Domestic Work, Wages and Gender Equality: Lessons from Developing Countries Uma Rani, Martin Oelz Engendering Economic Policy in Africa, Panel I Room 107 (First Floor) Chair: Caren Grown, American University 5 A Relationship between Spouse Wealth and Quality of Marital Relationships: The Need for Holistic Empowerment Strategies Apollo Nkwake The Ambiguity of Joint Asset Ownership: A Cautionary Tale from Uganda and South Africa Presenting Author: Aslihan Kes Co-author: Krista Jacobs Patriarchy and Property Rights: The Experiences of Yoruba Women and Roles in Development of Nigeria Yetunde Aluko Discussant: Prof. Lee Tlou, Centre for Regional Integration in Africa (CRIA) Engendering Sustainable Development and the Climate Change Debate Room 108 (First Floor) Climate Justice And Gender Justice: Building Women’s Economic and Political Agency in Times of Climate Change Patricia Perkins The Purple Economy: A Call for a New Economic Order beyond the Green Ipek Ilkkaracan Social Fragmentation in the Ethiopian Highlands: How Gender Relations Determine the Future of Small Holder Farms Rahel Kassa Roundtable: Using Economic Modelling to Foster Gender Equality Syndicate Room 1 (Ground Floor) Elissa Braunstein, Chair, Colorado State University Presenters: Stephanie Seguino, University of Vermont Susan Himmelweit, Open University James Heintz, University of Massachusetts 6 Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University Roundtable: Teaching African Women and Development in Multiple Contexts Syndicate Room 2 (Ground Floor) Akua Britwum, Chair Presenters: Abena Oduro, University of Ghana Dzodzi Tsikata, University of Ghana Nana Akua Ahyidoho, University of Ghana Martha Awo, University of Ghana 3:45 – 5:00 pm Membership Meeting & Book Celebration ISSER Conference Hall 5:30 – 7:00 pm Reception ISSER Pagodas TH SATURDAY, JUNE 28 7 8:30 am – 5:00 pm Registration Foyer 8:00 – 9:00 am Committee Meetings (rooms not assigned) 9:00 – 10:40 am Concurrent Sessions 2 Roundtable: Session I on Land, Gender and Food Security Training Room 1 (Ground Floor) Cheryl Doss, Chair Presenters: Mwangi wa Githinji, University of Massachusetts Amherst Naomi Porro, Federal University of Para Sabine Pallas, International Land Coalition Discussants: Gina Alvarado, Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, Eileen Wakesho Hot Topics Lecture Hall 2 (First Floor) An Institutional Approach to Bargaining power and Agency among Sex Workers: Case of Brothel based Sex Work in India Neha Hui Economic Costs and Impacts of Maternal Mortality in Rural Kenya Aslihan Kes, Kathleen Schaffer 8 The Adoption of Adinkra Symbols by the Modern Akan Women Of Ghana Josephine Aboagyewaa _ Ntiri The Impact of the Great Recession and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) on the Occupational Segregation of Black Men Michelle Holder Roundtable: Post 2015 Agenda: An Opportunity for Gender Equality and Feminist Economics? Training Room 2 (Basement) Corina Rodriguez-Enriquez, Chair Presenters: Radhika Balakrishnan, Rutgers University James Heintz, University of Massachusetts Papa Seck, United Nations Women Measurement and Methods Lecture Hall 1 (First Floor) Welfare Metrics for Gender Asset Gaps Deepak Malghan. Hema Swaminathan Multi-Dimensionality in the Measurement of Women’s Economic Empowerment: New Analysis and Insights from Three African Contexts Renata Serra, Sally Baden Evaluation of the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index: the Case of Northern Ghana Sandra Contreras The Economist as Ethnographer: Long-term Residential Care from the Inside Martha MacDonald 9 Agricultural Production Room 108 (First Floor) A Gendered Analysis of Bean and Maize Production in East Africa Jennifer Twyman, Juliana Muriel Gender Division of Labor and Farm Production in Subsistence Households Diksha Arora Uncertainty, Risk Preferences and Crop Diversification: Does Gender Matter? Daniela Orge-Fuentes Women's Economic Empowerment in Pacific Island Countries Maire Dwyer Membership in Networks, Associations, and Cooperatives Syndicate Room 1 (Ground Floor) The Rise of the Social?: Care Cooperatives and Changing Care Policies in South Korea Hyunok Lee Cooperatives for Women's Empowerment in the New Development Agenda Catherine Seya Determinants of Membership in Informal Associations among Women and Men in the Central Region of Ghana Edward Nketiah-Amponsah, Mavis Dako-Gyeke, Akosua Darkwah Women’s Empowerment through Tourism: The Case of a Ugandan Rural Community Brenda Boonabaana The Primacy of Gender in Education Syndicate Room 2 (Ground Floor) Gender and Earnings in Ghana: the Role of Education Christian Darko, Fiona Carmichael, Stanley Siebert Returns to Education and the Gender Gap in Earnings: Evidence from South Africa Dorrit Posel, Daniela Casale 10 Gender Analysis of Delayed Enrollment in Ghana: Towards Achieving Universal Primary Education Hellen Seshie-Nasser, Abena Oduro 10:40 – 10:55 am Break Cafeteria 10:55 am – 12:25 pm Concurrent Sessions 3 Special Interactive Session: Using Your Research to Change the World Syndicate Room 1 (Ground Floor) Randy Abelda, University of Massachusetts Boston M.V. Lee Badgett, University of Massachusetts Amherst Roundtable: Looking Back, Moving Forward: IAFFE in our Lives Syndicate Room 2 (Ground Floor) Ulla Grapard, Chair Presenters: Maria Floro, American University Susan Himmelweit, Open University Jennifer Olmsted, United Nations Population Fund Mary King, Portland State University Martha MacDonald, Saint Marys University 11 Gendered Violence and Gendered Activism Training Room 1 (Ground Floor) Gender Violence and the Meanings of Being a Homeowner in Nicaragua Gina Alvarado Women’s Empowerment and Intimate Violence: Evidences from Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire Sandrine Koissy-Kpein Weather Shocks and Violence against Women in Sub-Saharan Africa Andreas Kotsadam, Sara Cools, Martin Flatø The Implications of Women’s Paid Work in the Informal